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New rules cap street trading in central business districts and extend a nationwide cleanup campaign, but opposition parties say the crackdown punishes workers pushed into the informal economy.
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Government says the clean-up drive is a permanent programme rather than a one-off operation, as new trading hours and abatement orders take effect across all 92 local authorities.
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Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart warns the 252km Gwayi-Shangani pipeline could take 217 years to finish at current funding rates, spotlighting a national pattern of stalled public projects that now number at least 226.
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Zimbabwe’s public health sector is on the brink of a drug supply collapse as hospitals in Matabeleland alone owe the state pharmaceutical distributor nearly US$2.7 million, leaving basic medicines like paracetamol and insulin critically scarce.
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Zimbabwe’s new Munhumutapa Day holiday has triggered a heated argument over how the country remembers its pre-colonial past, with critics disputing the claim that the Mutapa Empire built Great Zimbabwe and questioning why the date falls on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s birthday.
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New details have emerged in the tragic murder-suicide involving Commissioner Martin Muduva and his wife Lyliosa Chirara, including a suicide note referencing a sexless marriage since 2022 and a friend’s harrowing description of the crime scene.
Incidents
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on churches in Zimbabwe to move beyond spiritual duties and become active partners in economic and social development, telling faith leaders that national progress requires their direct involvement.
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The Bulawayo giants meet in a high-stakes Chibuku Super Cup first-round clash with both sides desperate for a morale-boosting win.
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Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has indicated that e-hailing drivers such as those using Indrive should be willing to contribute a portion of their earnings to the City of Harare as the municipality works on a new regulatory framework.
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Students at Chinhoyi University of Technology say they were given short notice to leave their on-campus accommodation, with management linking the move to renovations for the upcoming Zanu PF national conference.
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Cottonseed, once discarded as a low-value byproduct of lint production, is now fueling a new rural economy in Gokwe. Local processing plants are converting the tiny brown seeds into cooking oil, livestock feed, and soap, creating jobs and retaining more value within Zimbabwe’s cotton-growing heartland.
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Five people have died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after presenting with a flu-like illness that is spreading across the city and other parts of Zimbabwe. Health officials are investigating the outbreak.
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What started as modest weekly savings contributions has blossomed into a robust engine for economic empowerment in Beitbridge West, with hundreds of villagers in Wards 6, 7 and surrounding areas transforming their lives through community-based savings groups.
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Kelsea Tadiwa Tafirenyika, the 22-year-old daughter-in-law of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, spent Wednesday night in police custody after a Harare magistrate ordered her detained until a bail hearing on drug dealing charges.
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Cabinet has approved another round of licence fee reductions covering agriculture, education, transport, sport and natural stone export, part of the Mop-Up Review to streamline regulatory costs for businesses.
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Harare magistrate Jesse Kufa has denied bail to Hezy Motors Logistics founder Hazel Silibaziso Mafu, who faces fraud charges over an alleged vehicle importation scam involving nearly US$1 million and 79 complainants.
